What is "berryite"

n. (context mineral English) A blue-gray opaque mineral, with chemical formula Pb₃(Ag,Cu)₅Bi₇S₁₆.

Berryite is a mineral with the formula Pb(Ag,Cu)BiS. It occurs as gray to blue-gray monoclinic prisms. It is opaque and has a metallic luster. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 and a specific gravity of 6.7.

It was first identified in 1965 using X-ray diffraction by mineralogist Leonard Gascoigne Berry (1914–1982). It is found in Park and San Juan counties in Colorado. It occurs in sulfide bearing quartz veins in Colorado and with siderite-rich cryolite in Ivigtut, Greenland.